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Trakt API and MCP server

Trakt's API covers watchlists, history, ratings and lists, but it takes your own API app, an OAuth sign-in and code you write and host. Sign in to Trakt once in your own Cloud Browser, and your AI agent does the work there for you. The same tools work over MCP for agents and as a REST API for scripts.

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Trakt has no API for this. So we run one for you.

Trakt's own API, a GitHub MCP server and Cotlet compared
What you need Trakt's APIGitHub MCP serverCotlet
Use without an API key or code No Partly Yes, 15 tools
Acts as you, signed in 24/7 No No Yes, Cloud Browser
Fixed for you when Trakt changes N/A No Yes, tested every 6h
Runs with your laptop off N/A No Yes, hosted

Checked Oct 17, 2026. Sources: Trakt API: Introduction · Trakt API: Create an App · Trakt API: API Use Policy · Trakt API: User Account Limits

Your own Cloud Browser, on 24/7. Sign in once. We keep it connected.

  1. 01Sign in to Trakt in your own Cloud Browser

  2. 02Connect it for your agents

  3. 03Cotlet keeps it signed in and working

How do I connect Trakt to Claude, ChatGPT or my code?

AI agents connect over MCP, scripts call the REST API. Both reach the same 15 tools with one API key.

For AI agents: MCP

Add Cotlet to your agent once. Trakt and every other app you connect show up as its tools.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • GrokBot
  • Cursor
  • n8n
  • Any MCP client
  1. 1

    Add Cotlet to your agent

    Claude Code
    claude mcp add --transport http cotlet \
  https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
    Cursor
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
    Codex
    # ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cotlet]
url = "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1"
bearer_token_env_var = "COTLET_API_KEY"

    Paste the snippet for your client. The same server and key serve every app you connect, so you do this once.

For scripts: REST API

Every tool is an endpoint under /api/v1/trakt with its own method and path, such as POST /api/v1/trakt/watchlists, with the same API key. Our open-source repo has ready scripts to start from.

REST API docs

What can the Trakt API and MCP server do?

15 tools on your own Trakt account. Agents call them as operations of the MCP tools trakt_read and trakt_write; scripts call each one at its own REST endpoint, with the same inputs and answers.

API reference
Trakt tools in Cotlet's MCP server and REST API
Tool What it does Access
search_titles Find movies and shows by title and year, with Trakt IDs. read
get_watchlist Titles on your watchlist with the date each was added. read
get_history What you watched and when, newest first. read
get_ratings Your ratings from 1 to 10 for movies, shows, seasons and episodes. read
list_lists Your custom lists with name, privacy and item count. read
get_list_items The titles on one of your lists, in list order. read
get_calendar Episodes of your shows airing in the coming days. read
get_account_limits Your VIP status and limits for lists and the watchlist. read
add_to_watchlist Add movies and shows to your watchlist in one call. write
remove_from_watchlist Take titles off your watchlist. write
add_to_history Log movies and episodes as watched, with the date of the watch. write
remove_from_history Delete plays from your watch history. write
rate_titles Rate movies, shows, seasons or episodes from 1 to 10. write
create_list Create a custom list with a name, a description and a privacy setting. writeasks first
add_to_list Add titles to one of your custom lists. writeasks first

Scroll the table for all 15 tools.

Ask in plain words. Your agent does the rest.

All Trakt use cases

Is it safe to connect Trakt?

You sign in yourself in your own Cloud Browser, we never save your password, and anything that reaches your readers waits for your OK. The browser profile is encrypted in the EU. Independent scanners grade cotlet.dev A+.

Security overview

How much do the Trakt API and MCP server cost?

One price for both: a tool call costs the same over MCP or REST. Free 7-day trial with 2,000 credits, no card needed. Then one-time credit packs, no subscription, valid 12 months. Most calls use 25 credits, and your Cloud Browser uses 50 credits a day while Trakt is enabled for agents, so 20 calls a day come to 550 credits.

See full pricing
Cotlet credit packs: price, credits and calls at 25 credits each
Credits Price, one time Calls at 25 credits Per 1,000 credits
5,000 $29 200 $5.80
15,000 $79 600 $5.27
32,000 $149 1,280 $4.66
60,000 $249 2,400 $4.15

Only successful calls use credits; failed calls and timeouts cost nothing. At a balance of 0 calls pause, never a surprise charge. Authenticate with the Authorization: Bearer header.

Questions

Does Trakt have an API?

Trakt has a full REST API for history, ratings, watchlist, lists and calendars, but no official MCP server (checked 17 Oct 2026). Anyone can register an API app for free, with a verified GitHub account, and sign users in with OAuth 2.0 and PKCE. Trakt tells developers not to scrape its website.

How do I get access?

Sign up free, open Trakt under Integrations in the console and press Request access. Your free trial starts with your account, no card needed.

Is the MCP server different from the API?

No, only the way in. Cotlet builds each integration as a REST API and puts an MCP server on top, so both have the same 15 tools, the same inputs and answers, one API key and one price. AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use MCP; scripts, cron jobs and HTTP steps in n8n, Make or Zapier use the REST API.

What is the Cloud Browser?

Your own Chrome that Cotlet runs for you in the EU, around the clock. You open it from the console, sign in to Trakt yourself and press Enable for agents. Your agent's calls go through it, from its IP with its cookies, so Trakt sees the browser you signed in with. Password saving is off and the profile is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

Can my agent act without asking me?

Not on anything that reaches other people: create_list, add_to_list wait for your OK by default. You can switch that off per tool for scheduled runs.

Do I need Trakt VIP?

No. Cotlet works in your own Trakt account, free or VIP. Trakt sets limits on lists and watchlist items by account, and VIP raises some of them, so get_account_limits shows what your account allows (Trakt API: User Account Limits, checked 17 Oct 2026).

Does Trakt allow automation of my account?

Trakt's API use policy permits tools that help a person manage their own watch history, ratings and lists, and forbids bulk harvesting of its data and posting spam (checked 17 Oct 2026). Cotlet acts only inside your own account, one call at a time, and does not collect Trakt data for anyone else.

Should I use a Trakt MCP server from GitHub instead?

Pick one if you want the code on your own computer and do not mind the upkeep: you install it, sign it in and fix it when Trakt changes. Pick Cotlet if you want it hosted and kept working for you.

Can I use it in n8n, Make or Zapier?

Yes. Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 in n8n's MCP Client node, or call the REST endpoints from an HTTP step in Make or Zapier.

Who runs Cotlet?

Cotlet is run by Take Group, a Polish software company working since 2019. Take Group runs about 3,200 websites on its own systems and has its own DevOps team for infrastructure security. We built and used integrations like this inside the company for years before opening them as Cotlet.

Is Cotlet affiliated with Trakt?

No. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Trakt.

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